Photo: Robin Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0Only 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 in Winslow
With households without a car or van at 11%, Winslow is behind 76% of UK towns on that count. In 2021, the Census found 5,238 residents in the town, living in 2,329 households. Here, 36% of households live in a detached house. On shared households of unrelated adults, Winslow sits lower than 69% of UK towns: 2%.
What the Census says about Winslow’s people
Growing faster than most
ONS mid-year estimates put Winslow at 4,400 in 2011 and 5,600 in 2024, up 27%, against 10% for England: faster growth than in 92% of UK towns. Since 2011 ↓
Written from the data on this page: ONS Census 2021 (output areas summed to the 2022 built-up area) and ONS mid-year population estimates.
Winslow grew +27% from 2011 to 2024, faster than 92% of UK towns
ONS mid-year estimates, each year indexed to mid-2011 = 100. Winslow’s figure is the small areas (2021 LSOAs) that make up the town.
People, mid-2011 = 100
Change by age, 2011 to 2024
About 4,400 people in 2011; 5,600 in 2024.
In one year, mid-2011 to mid-2012, the population rose by 190, the most of any year. The 65 and over group saw the biggest change (+40%), the 45 to 64 group the smallest (+8%).
Older than 60% of UK towns: half of Winslow is over 45.8
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
Across England’s towns, 18% of residents are 65 or over; in Winslow, 23%. 55–59 is the most common age band: 7.6% of residents.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Winslow, 45.8. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
4.1% of adults are full-time students, below 81% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
In Winslow, one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier, beside 11% across England’s towns. To put it in context, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Households here average 2.2 people, below 69% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Buckinghamshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
29% of households have dependent children across England’s towns, against 26% in Winslow. On the census count, 30% of households are one person living alone.
25% of households live in a terraced house, a share 69% of UK towns don’t reach
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
In Winslow, 10% of households live in a flat or apartment. Against that, 24% of households live in a terraced house across England’s towns.
Winslow: 7.3% of residents were born outside the UK, above 58% of UK towns
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
98% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. As a yardstick, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. The two biggest birthplaces abroad are in EU countries (3%) and in the Americas, Oceania and elsewhere (1.5%).
90% of residents describe themselves as White British, fewer than in 62% of UK towns
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 90% of Winslow · Buckinghamshire’s towns 68% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
The largest groups after White British are Other White (4.1%), Mixed or multiple (2.6%) and Indian (0.7%). On average, 73% of residents describe themselves as White British across England’s towns. In Winslow, half of residents describe themselves as Christian, beside 46% across England’s towns.
50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 66% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Unpaid carers make up 8.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns. Across England’s towns, married adults and civil partners come to 44%. Locally, 31% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership.
Degree-level qualifications reach 37% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Against 34% across England’s towns, 37% of adults here have a degree-level qualification, while 14% hold no qualification (18%).
Among 516 UK towns of 4,000 to 7,000 people, the 246th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 18.9 in Bailrigg to 65.3 in Barton on Sea. Nearest to Winslow in age: Welshpool (45.7), Llangennech (45.7), Fairford (45.8) and Ingatestone (45.8).
Of the 7 towns nearest Winslow, 3 are older
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winslow | 5,238 | — | 45.8 | 23% | 26% |
| Great Horwood | 1,102 | 2 mi | 50.6 | 22% | 25% |
| Steeple Claydon | 2,530 | 4.3 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 30% |
| Stewkley | 1,421 | 5.1 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 31% |
| Newton Longville | 1,877 | 5.2 mi | 52 | 29% | 25% |
| Quainton | 1,311 | 5.2 mi | 49.9 | 24% | 27% |
| Buckingham | 14,296 | 5.5 mi | 40.7 | 18% | 32% |
| Calvert | 1,434 | 5.5 mi | 39.4 | 11% | 46% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Buckinghamshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Buckinghamshire (or England), summed the same way as Winslow’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out. The population trend compares with the whole county and nation.
- Estimates since 2021 are modelled. The ONS builds mid-year estimates from the Census, births, deaths and migration records. Winslow’s trend uses the small areas (2021 LSOAs) with most of their people inside it: 5,238 people in 2021, against 5,238 in the built-up area.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Winslow’s residents
What is the population of Winslow?
The 2021 Census counted 5,238 people in Winslow’s built-up area. The ONS estimates the same small areas held 5,600 people in mid-2024, 27% more than in 2011.
What is the average age in Winslow?
The median age was 45.8 at the 2021 Census, older than 60% of UK towns. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Winslow?
90% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 68% across Buckinghamshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Winslow?
41% said they had no religion and 50% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.7% were Muslim and 6.5% didn’t answer.
Is Winslow good for families?
26% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Winslow’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067) · ONS mid-year population estimates for 2021 LSOAs, mid-2011 to mid-2024. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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